{"product_id":"9780385720212","title":"In the Drink","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this compassionate, wise, and comical debut, Kate Christensen gives an engaging and authentic voice to a new generation of single urban women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Steiner never intended for her life to become such a disaster.  At the age of twenty-nine she finds herself serving as secretary to an insane, aging socialite who barks orders from her toilet, specializes in devastating backhanded remarks, and expects Claudia to ghostwrite her best-selling novels. Her job pays enough to keep her in overpriced cocktails, cabs, and take-out but doesn't cover the rent on her roach-infested apartment or keep her creditors at bay. Her romantic prospects are no better. She's hopelessly in love with her best friend, a corporate lawyer who may or may not be gay, and she's still relentlessly pursued by her ex-lover, a married unpublished epic poet. All Claudia can rely on—aside from her wry sense of humor and her faith in the medicinal properties of whiskey—is a persistent little flame of belief in herself, which gives her the glimmer of a chance for a happy ending.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012411375856,"sku":"9780385720212","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385720212_p0.jpg?v=1763695500","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385720212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}